Thanks so much for ID-ing it. One thing I don't understand. This insect was about one inch long and all the info I've looked up on this guy puts the maximum size at 8.5 mm.....which is way smaller. Maybe this was a gargantuan one !?

This insect was at about my eye-level ( I'm 5'6" ). I didn't measure it with a tape measure or ruler as I don't carry those with me....plus this insect would have flown off had I come any closer. However, I am fairly good at estimating sizes of insects....and it was definitely larger than one centimeter. ( I'm very familiar with the metric system.) And this type of firefly is recorded as being max 8.5mm as I understand it. SO...although one's eye is not the best of measuring instruments.....my first thumb joint from the nail equals about one inch. Hence estimating one inch is not hard. Plus the dead flowerhead had a diameter of just over one inch.

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